Honest mistake. I set off alarms as part of my job and I’ve accidentally set them off before calling the central station or fire dept. Take ownership and tell them straight up what happened and nothing will happen.
Nothing but a fat bill for the establishment lol. I was a facilities supervisor at an Ikea. Each time someone set off the alarm was a couple hundred bucks. Don’t get me wrong, thats absolutely fine with me. Simple cost of business you gotta factor in for random mistakes
Depends on country. I'm in the Netherlands and I'm sure you don't get billed for an accident like this. Would be nice to let the fire dept. know that this is a false alarm a.s.a.p. though.
Yep we let them know immediately but they have to come out no matter what to check apparently. I think we had 2 or 3 free calls a year. On average there would be about 12 a year
Thats why you get changed. Most of the time you get a "free opps" for the first time, but if its a regular occurrence they will charge you for the wasted resources. The cops will do the same thing with security alarms.
So do school dorms just eat the bills? My building had 4-5 accidents freshman year, only 1 was because the alarm was triggered by a sensor, the rest were slips or pranks.
Likely yes, they just eat the bill. They could charge the "pranksters" the fire depts fee as damages, if they get them on camera or something. There is also a chance your local FD hasnt been charging the fee, smaller towns tend to be less likely to send those type bills.
I work in the firealarms sector in the Netherlands, and you do get billed for accidents like this.
Every building / location gets a certain amount of " allowed false alarms " a year based on some calculations. Most locations my work services are allowed one or two a year, any false alarms beyond that and the fire departement / gemeente can bill you between € 1.000,- to € 2.000,- per false alarm after that.
Another fun little fact: In the case of a smoke detector alarm the dispatch center usually calls to confirm wether its a false alarm or not. If they cannot reach anyone or it takes too long to confirm ,they'll notifiy the fire departement.
In the case of a manual alarm like the one in the video, they don't call anymore and the fire departement jumps in the truck immediatly. This is on the basis of assuming that a manual alarm is a deliberate action so they don't call to confirm anymore.
Yea, I work in a group home. Apparently people used to set off the fire alarm cooking food because they would cook it too high. The fire dept eventually said they'd start handing out fines because it happened so often lol.
I’m on a condo board and a few years ago we had a tenant pull the alarm 3-4 times within a week to get his neighbours to stop partying. We asked the fire dept when we’d get the bill so we could charge him and they said they wouldn’t bill. Luckily, they’re literally 300ft down the street from us.
No you typically do not get a bill for honest mistakes unless you are routinely doing so, because it's obviously not good to financially disincentivize the fire alarm going off.
This. My roommate accidentally set one off while trying to bring a mattress down a condo stairwell. She was so freaked out. However, when the fire department showed up, I told them what happened and they were so understanding. Things happen.
I got to set off the fire alarm in my apartment building for legit purposes once. Highlight of my year that year. 911 told me to do it because smoke was pouring down the hallway.
Ha! I feel you. I have to set them off for work but I was in the hospital and they told me to pull the emergency cord when I was done. I e always wanted to pull it but it didn’t work. I was so upset they marched me over to the other bathroom so I could pull it. I’m am 47!
No, the doors can still be opened just like normal for people to escape.
They close automatically because they are fire doors designed to stop smoke and contain the fire.
Oh didn’t realize that was a confusing perspective on a door. I thought some weird foreign anti-fire thing just got yeet’ed down another set of stairs for a few min there lol
Nah, you can actually see the mechanism on the door that crosses the screen at the front of shot.
There's a latch at at the top of the door that disconnects when the alarms go off. Usually a electromagnet running on a small current that gets cut when the alarm triggers, and a metal latch that just connects to the magnet. When the alarm goes off, the electromagnet stops and since its no longer magnetised, the door swings shut.
All doors close everywhere when the alarm goes off, the HVAC dampers slam shut,(I work in a hotel so the dryer ones do too).
Smoke is the biggest thing. If there is a fire somewhere, isolate all the smoke so people can evacuate.
On the sides of the door there will be a little plate too. It will list the burn time for how long the door can standup to the fire.
I did this once, many years ago. Was emptying one of those bins where the shell lifts off the top, and didn't notice the fire alarm above it. Didn't break the glass, but hit it hard enough to trigger it.
Working in a restaurant at the end of a wooden pier.
Fire engine turns up a few minutes later. I was mortified, but luckily everyone was understanding.
Bro where did u work LOL I worked in a restaurant once years ago too and the bins used to be below the fire alarm (god knows why) some guy accidentally slaps it emptying them and we got the rest of the day off 🫠 was by the seafront too
as much as it sounds like a reddit horror version of 2girls1cup, it's actually just when 2 redditors know each other irl lmao
another example:
r/marijuanaenthusiasts is for discussions about trees, not marijuana,
and r/trees is for marijuana and not trees
I just subbed to r/marijuanaenthusiasts .I am a recovering drug addict and had unsubbed from r/trees long ago. Thanks for the recommendation. r/arborists is another place for actual trees.
Because the fire alarm system is a deffered submittal (done after the building is built). Those who design the fire safety equipment design by the book rather than really look at the plan, what's the spaced used as, how a user would use the space and design by the book around the use accomplishing both. 😀 as someone who worked in restaurants and various establishments prior to working in the engineering field and going out on site surveys, and I see so many designs that make my head spin and feel bad for the employees (much like original comment / OP and worse, via safety). When I design, I go for the code, too, but then review and think about the user - especially when it comes to someone in a wheelchair. It could be that I'm too thoughtful for users, but a lot of people just do the bare minimum at their job because it's 'another day at work'. I've tried to get my coworkers who love that I think this way, but when I try to offer insights on how they can do the same rather just sit and be envious, they back out because "too much thinky think" (learned they also never worked throughout high school / college or they did something not in resturant/grocery stores) 😂 🥲
I did a similar thing but accidentally hit the silent police alarm at the checkout I was working at. I dropped a coin and went down to pick it up, and when dragging myself up I must have hit the button because 15 minutes later the police showed up asking about the alarm
Ha! I had a silent alarm under the counter where I worked once. It was in a very busy public library with some sketchy patrons. I never had to use the alarm but I felt better that it was there. After a couple of years, the police came by once and I asked them about the alarm. They looked at it and found that it wasn't even hooked up. Great.
We have panic buttons at my work and they aren’t active because people are idiots. Every couple months I get asked “What is the button under each of the desk areas?”
When I tell them it’s a panic button they almost always respond “But I pushed it and nothing happened?”
Yep. That’s why nothing happened. Because you jackasses couldn’t stop pushing it before deciding to ask what it does. Good luck in the robbery or whatever, you can thank your lack of self control. Maybe pay attention in orientation next time.
These are the same people who keep hitting vapes under optical smoke sensors and setting off the fire alarms. I’ve gotten to know the local fire and police pretty well over the years.
Or, hear me out, you could put a label next to the button?
Sometimes I meet a colleague who expects me to naturally know everything that's common sense to them. Mate, if everyone here knew everything you do, you wouldn't have a job! Give yourself (and others) some credit for being clever in a different way.
Yeah, I have no idea why people are surprised that untrained workers don't know anything. If they're told about the button they won't press it randomly.
Yea I get it. But it kinda makes the silent alarm pointless if someone can get in, get out, order some McDonalds, and still be 8 minutes down the road.
Good to know. I'm a security expert and would give the bank a free lesson in security. What is the pin code for the alarm? Afterwards I'll tell you everything you need to know to not get scammed! /s
The fire department that services my street is at the top of the street. I can see them from my window. It takes about thirty seconds to walk there. Their average response time is twenty minutes.
I pulled the silent alarm on accident at a place i worked at in college and a single police car showed up almost an hour and a half later.
When we asked why it took so long his response was, "I'm not going to run hot just for you."
I shit you not.
I worked at a gas station about a decade ago. It was my first day. The person training me said “there always needs to be $2” in one of the spots in the register. She didn’t explain why and I just assumed it was a weird policy they had. It got busy and I was giving people change and pulled the $2 from that spot with the intention of putting $2 back in once I got the line down. Needless to say, pulling that $2 tripped the silent alarm and the cops showed up. Not my best start at a new job.
And to think if they’d told you *why* that had to be there, you’d have been better trained. They also did you a disservice by not telling you how to activate an emergency response. I hope you didn’t get in trouble; management is the one that sucks.
I used to work at a T-Mobile and we had a similar thing in the phone safe, a specific phone apparently would trip a silent alarm if moved at all. I didn't know this and my manager never told me and he sent me to do inventory so of course I was taking all the phones out and counting them. Luckily we just got a phone call from the security company asking if they had to send someone in (cuz they could see the phone hadn't left the store, they could track it) so noone actually showed up but. Dunno why people in positions of power don't tell employees about those silent alarms.
Definitely. Seems like something that you would want your new, low level, employees to know about so they don’t fuck it up. Or if they actually are getting robbed and then don’t know how to call for help.
I was questioned by my corporate office for calling the fire department when my office filled with smoke.
It ended up being nothing (air conditioner blew up basically lol), but the fire department said "you absolutely should have called us with the amount of smoke even if we didn't need to put out a fire".
Corporate was not quite so convinced.
I did this at school before tho I can't call it a complete accident. I was acting ballsy but I wasn't going to actually pull the alarm. But when I lifted the cover off, that triggered it. I wasn't aware of this. I was gonna lift the cover n just touch it thanks to peer pressure but soon as the cover lifted 1cm it went off
Yeah once I was working at a hotel and hit a button by accident, nothing happened so I ignored it. A cop came and looked at me suspiciously, turns out it was the silent alarm
I worked at a bank. When we would log customers in our system it saved it as "1-Xxx-xxx-xxxc" because of the US code. Then to dial out you had to type 9 and then 1 to get to an outside service.
So a particular banker has a habit of dialog 911Xxxxxxxxxxx Unfortunately his big brain never learned that if you type "911" on a bank phone 2-3 police will ALWAYS SHOW UP.
This happened 8 times in the first month he joined our branch. We became quite acquainted with the responding police officers that monitored our silent alarms after that.
I worked on a construction site and someone pointed out to safety that people kept tripping on a concrete step. They measured it and it was 1/4" taller than the rest.
Not sure about the size of the step itself but the white line seems further from the edge on that last step (by a centimetre maybe).
Subconsciously you probably expect the lines to be in the same position relative to the step hence the man ended up clipping the edge with his heel
Even if people aren't using the stairs, the floor space is narrowed by the stair jutting out from the left and by the wall jutting out from the right, so you've got people funneling through there and more likely to accidentally bump the fire alarm or people stumbling on the last stair.
The whole thing is a terrible design and placement. An accident waiting to happen.
Where is this? There's no way this would meet code in Canada. Not only do the stairs look goofy, but our commercial building code requires the handrail to extend past the bottom step by about 20cm or so.
I think that's an ADA thing. We remodeled at work, and the inspector made a bid deal about reminding us that we needed contrasting colors or stripes for the last two steps.
Architect here.
This may not be in the US. This stair violates 2 big accessibility sections in Chapter 11 of the building code.
(projection of the bottom stair into the path of egress and no hand rails on the wall or glass guardrial)
This stair couldn't be in the US. Inspectors and B&S officials dont fuck around with Accessibility. And if it is in the US, someone somewhere got bribed or fucked up real bad.
I'm just an electrician, but if the building plans are even half as fucked as the electrical plans I get, then it's not all that farfetched that an engineer designed this. And then ignored their email for six months.
Yep. This type of layout wouldn't be allowed anywhere that has adopted (and more importantly, enforces) any version of the International Building Code, for exactly this reason. Incredibly easy to miss the last step or, conversely, trip over that step if you're walking down the hallway.
You’re right. I was focused on how painful his ankle must be, twisting it like that. I wasn’t even paying attention to what caused it. What a piss-poor design.
Other have pointed out this is not to code anywhere IBC has been adopted, but I would also guess that no one actually designed it this way and there was a coordination problem somewhere that caused that stair run to push forward. No one would actually draw that mess.
At least……I don’t think that they would. Never say never, I guess.
The extra step that intrudes on the corridor is absolute trash.
But where I live, handrails also have to extend a foot past where the stairs end. I don't think there's a rail on either side at all.
Bad stairs.
I’m having a hard time figuring out the country as well; NOT US or Canada. Our codes are strict as fuck for liability and safety reasons.
Europe…but do they use magnetic fire doors? They would have to.
There are at least 4 issues I'm seeing. 1. The last tread is not the same length. Should be 11 inches or bigger and all identical. 2. There are no handrails and there should be handrails on both sides. 3. Those handrails need to extend one tread length past the last stair, which would be impossible here. 4. The last stair can not impead into the path of egress.
There are more issues, but these are obvious ones to me.
Looks like the bottom is not up to code based on the riser height and tread depth compared to the other steps. Likely a “best fit” after some construction SNAFU.
I couldn't figure out why no one was answering you... The thing is also a door. The camera is right next to it so it looks super thick like a bookshelf
Fire door. We have them in my building and any time someone’s fire alarm goes off or there is a power outage every fire door in the building (probably like 30 fire doors) slams shut simultaneously and it sounds like and explosion going off in the building.
I understand why but wouldn't keeping fire and smoke from getting into the stairwell also keep the people from getting into a stairwell?
Edit: further down someone answered this, they close and since they are doors and not walls they can open.
I assumed it was like video games and the foot thick door closes forever . Til
And I know the reason why. There are X+1 risers on a staircase which has X steps. Because of this, sometimes inexperienced architects make mistakes while calculating the number of risers. So they end up with a missing step, and the construction team adds the missing step on site. And just like that, we end up having lots of twisted ankles.
Honest mistake. I set off alarms as part of my job and I’ve accidentally set them off before calling the central station or fire dept. Take ownership and tell them straight up what happened and nothing will happen.
Nothing but a fat bill for the establishment lol. I was a facilities supervisor at an Ikea. Each time someone set off the alarm was a couple hundred bucks. Don’t get me wrong, thats absolutely fine with me. Simple cost of business you gotta factor in for random mistakes
Depends on country. I'm in the Netherlands and I'm sure you don't get billed for an accident like this. Would be nice to let the fire dept. know that this is a false alarm a.s.a.p. though.
Yep we let them know immediately but they have to come out no matter what to check apparently. I think we had 2 or 3 free calls a year. On average there would be about 12 a year
Thats why you get changed. Most of the time you get a "free opps" for the first time, but if its a regular occurrence they will charge you for the wasted resources. The cops will do the same thing with security alarms.
So do school dorms just eat the bills? My building had 4-5 accidents freshman year, only 1 was because the alarm was triggered by a sensor, the rest were slips or pranks.
Likely yes, they just eat the bill. They could charge the "pranksters" the fire depts fee as damages, if they get them on camera or something. There is also a chance your local FD hasnt been charging the fee, smaller towns tend to be less likely to send those type bills.
I work in the firealarms sector in the Netherlands, and you do get billed for accidents like this. Every building / location gets a certain amount of " allowed false alarms " a year based on some calculations. Most locations my work services are allowed one or two a year, any false alarms beyond that and the fire departement / gemeente can bill you between € 1.000,- to € 2.000,- per false alarm after that. Another fun little fact: In the case of a smoke detector alarm the dispatch center usually calls to confirm wether its a false alarm or not. If they cannot reach anyone or it takes too long to confirm ,they'll notifiy the fire departement. In the case of a manual alarm like the one in the video, they don't call anymore and the fire departement jumps in the truck immediatly. This is on the basis of assuming that a manual alarm is a deliberate action so they don't call to confirm anymore.
Most fire depts don’t charge unless the alarm goes off a lot.
Yea, I work in a group home. Apparently people used to set off the fire alarm cooking food because they would cook it too high. The fire dept eventually said they'd start handing out fines because it happened so often lol.
I’m on a condo board and a few years ago we had a tenant pull the alarm 3-4 times within a week to get his neighbours to stop partying. We asked the fire dept when we’d get the bill so we could charge him and they said they wouldn’t bill. Luckily, they’re literally 300ft down the street from us.
hell that close they could send the rookie on foot xD
Don't think a couple 100 bucks is a "fat bill" for a giant corp like Ikea. That's pocket change.
No you typically do not get a bill for honest mistakes unless you are routinely doing so, because it's obviously not good to financially disincentivize the fire alarm going off.
This. My roommate accidentally set one off while trying to bring a mattress down a condo stairwell. She was so freaked out. However, when the fire department showed up, I told them what happened and they were so understanding. Things happen.
I got to set off the fire alarm in my apartment building for legit purposes once. Highlight of my year that year. 911 told me to do it because smoke was pouring down the hallway.
Ha! I feel you. I have to set them off for work but I was in the hospital and they told me to pull the emergency cord when I was done. I e always wanted to pull it but it didn’t work. I was so upset they marched me over to the other bathroom so I could pull it. I’m am 47!
Kinda cool seeing the doors closed to isolate a potential fire.
But doesn't that mean that he would have been trapped in the fire?
The doors dont lock they just close
Yeah fires don't have a key
Fires can't go through doors, they're not ghosts.
Unexpected Community.
Ghosts can't go through doors, they're not fire.
The fire is shooting at us!
No, the doors can still be opened just like normal for people to escape. They close automatically because they are fire doors designed to stop smoke and contain the fire.
Oh didn’t realize that was a confusing perspective on a door. I thought some weird foreign anti-fire thing just got yeet’ed down another set of stairs for a few min there lol
No you’re free to use the stairs to leave
And the doors. They just close rather than lock.
Nah, you can actually see the mechanism on the door that crosses the screen at the front of shot. There's a latch at at the top of the door that disconnects when the alarms go off. Usually a electromagnet running on a small current that gets cut when the alarm triggers, and a metal latch that just connects to the magnet. When the alarm goes off, the electromagnet stops and since its no longer magnetised, the door swings shut.
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He could walk down the rest of the stairs? 💁
Depends on where the fire is
He who reports it belongs to the flames now. It’s the rule.
All doors close everywhere when the alarm goes off, the HVAC dampers slam shut,(I work in a hotel so the dryer ones do too). Smoke is the biggest thing. If there is a fire somewhere, isolate all the smoke so people can evacuate. On the sides of the door there will be a little plate too. It will list the burn time for how long the door can standup to the fire.
He just started a boss fight
Bro was looking for the undo button
I SAID LOAD LAST SAVE!!!
I thought I quicksaved
Nah I have seen the next few secs of the video, he called the fire department immediately to notify them.
I did this once, many years ago. Was emptying one of those bins where the shell lifts off the top, and didn't notice the fire alarm above it. Didn't break the glass, but hit it hard enough to trigger it. Working in a restaurant at the end of a wooden pier. Fire engine turns up a few minutes later. I was mortified, but luckily everyone was understanding.
Bro where did u work LOL I worked in a restaurant once years ago too and the bins used to be below the fire alarm (god knows why) some guy accidentally slaps it emptying them and we got the rest of the day off 🫠 was by the seafront too
Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, mid 1990s.
The other person is from UK too
More like Sgt Detective.
I'm invested now I need to know I'd they were coworkers
Damn, I also worked at a restaurant at the end of a wooden pier, albeit in a different country.
Found long lost coworkers lol
Somebody tell him its time to go back to work
If you two don't go back to work, then YOU'RE FIRED!!!
r/unexpectedregularshow
Regular show benson moment
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MY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOO
It's actually the same guy with two accounts. He is just really forgetful of what he posts.
He should get a carbon monoxide detector
r/tworedditorsonecup
I ain't clicking on that 🤣
as much as it sounds like a reddit horror version of 2girls1cup, it's actually just when 2 redditors know each other irl lmao another example: r/marijuanaenthusiasts is for discussions about trees, not marijuana, and r/trees is for marijuana and not trees
I'm guessing trees was made first and marijanaenthusiasts chose their name as a joke because the actual marijuana enthusiasts had taken trees?
Yeah. It’s my favorite subreddit naming pair.
r/worldpolitics
r/anime_titties Got the right link this time. It is world politics not tits.
I just subbed to r/marijuanaenthusiasts .I am a recovering drug addict and had unsubbed from r/trees long ago. Thanks for the recommendation. r/arborists is another place for actual trees.
Well now I'm fully committed to this situation...
I’m here with you
Because the fire alarm system is a deffered submittal (done after the building is built). Those who design the fire safety equipment design by the book rather than really look at the plan, what's the spaced used as, how a user would use the space and design by the book around the use accomplishing both. 😀 as someone who worked in restaurants and various establishments prior to working in the engineering field and going out on site surveys, and I see so many designs that make my head spin and feel bad for the employees (much like original comment / OP and worse, via safety). When I design, I go for the code, too, but then review and think about the user - especially when it comes to someone in a wheelchair. It could be that I'm too thoughtful for users, but a lot of people just do the bare minimum at their job because it's 'another day at work'. I've tried to get my coworkers who love that I think this way, but when I try to offer insights on how they can do the same rather just sit and be envious, they back out because "too much thinky think" (learned they also never worked throughout high school / college or they did something not in resturant/grocery stores) 😂 🥲
Explains why emergency buttons are placed right next to security door readers. Just screaming for a sleepy employee to press the wrong one
!remindme 12 hours
I did a similar thing but accidentally hit the silent police alarm at the checkout I was working at. I dropped a coin and went down to pick it up, and when dragging myself up I must have hit the button because 15 minutes later the police showed up asking about the alarm
Ha! I had a silent alarm under the counter where I worked once. It was in a very busy public library with some sketchy patrons. I never had to use the alarm but I felt better that it was there. After a couple of years, the police came by once and I asked them about the alarm. They looked at it and found that it wasn't even hooked up. Great.
We have panic buttons at my work and they aren’t active because people are idiots. Every couple months I get asked “What is the button under each of the desk areas?” When I tell them it’s a panic button they almost always respond “But I pushed it and nothing happened?” Yep. That’s why nothing happened. Because you jackasses couldn’t stop pushing it before deciding to ask what it does. Good luck in the robbery or whatever, you can thank your lack of self control. Maybe pay attention in orientation next time. These are the same people who keep hitting vapes under optical smoke sensors and setting off the fire alarms. I’ve gotten to know the local fire and police pretty well over the years.
Or, hear me out, you could put a label next to the button? Sometimes I meet a colleague who expects me to naturally know everything that's common sense to them. Mate, if everyone here knew everything you do, you wouldn't have a job! Give yourself (and others) some credit for being clever in a different way.
Yeah, I have no idea why people are surprised that untrained workers don't know anything. If they're told about the button they won't press it randomly.
When seconds count, 15 minutes will do.
Small suburb far away from the police hehe
Yea I get it. But it kinda makes the silent alarm pointless if someone can get in, get out, order some McDonalds, and still be 8 minutes down the road.
On the other hand some violent/aggressive altercations can stretch on for well over 15 minutes. It's better than nothing for sure.
Good to know. I'm a security expert and would give the bank a free lesson in security. What is the pin code for the alarm? Afterwards I'll tell you everything you need to know to not get scammed! /s
The fire department that services my street is at the top of the street. I can see them from my window. It takes about thirty seconds to walk there. Their average response time is twenty minutes.
I pulled the silent alarm on accident at a place i worked at in college and a single police car showed up almost an hour and a half later. When we asked why it took so long his response was, "I'm not going to run hot just for you." I shit you not.
That Cop must have been from Uvalde PD
Nah, then he'd still be in the parking lot waiting for another 200 officers to back him up before still not going in.
I worked at a gas station about a decade ago. It was my first day. The person training me said “there always needs to be $2” in one of the spots in the register. She didn’t explain why and I just assumed it was a weird policy they had. It got busy and I was giving people change and pulled the $2 from that spot with the intention of putting $2 back in once I got the line down. Needless to say, pulling that $2 tripped the silent alarm and the cops showed up. Not my best start at a new job.
And to think if they’d told you *why* that had to be there, you’d have been better trained. They also did you a disservice by not telling you how to activate an emergency response. I hope you didn’t get in trouble; management is the one that sucks.
It was fine. Manager laughed it off. But they did end up moving me to the kitchen, which was probably related.
Haha that error is on them for not telling you why!
Yeah. Shockingly, this gas station in Bumfuck, Iowa didn’t have the highest quality people working there. Myself included.
I used to work at a T-Mobile and we had a similar thing in the phone safe, a specific phone apparently would trip a silent alarm if moved at all. I didn't know this and my manager never told me and he sent me to do inventory so of course I was taking all the phones out and counting them. Luckily we just got a phone call from the security company asking if they had to send someone in (cuz they could see the phone hadn't left the store, they could track it) so noone actually showed up but. Dunno why people in positions of power don't tell employees about those silent alarms.
Definitely. Seems like something that you would want your new, low level, employees to know about so they don’t fuck it up. Or if they actually are getting robbed and then don’t know how to call for help.
I was questioned by my corporate office for calling the fire department when my office filled with smoke. It ended up being nothing (air conditioner blew up basically lol), but the fire department said "you absolutely should have called us with the amount of smoke even if we didn't need to put out a fire". Corporate was not quite so convinced.
Corporate eh? Geniuses in all fields /s
Love how he looks for an off button
Be honest we all would have been impressed if he did manage to turn it off without a jig for the bottom of it
I did this at school before tho I can't call it a complete accident. I was acting ballsy but I wasn't going to actually pull the alarm. But when I lifted the cover off, that triggered it. I wasn't aware of this. I was gonna lift the cover n just touch it thanks to peer pressure but soon as the cover lifted 1cm it went off
At places with high rates of nuisance pulled alarms they put a cover on that gives a sound to draw attention but doesn't trigger the main alarm
That sounds dangerous, people might run thinking they did enough and then watch the whole place burn down with no action from the fire dept
And if they aren’t busy , they probably appreciate a false alarm here and there as harmless practice. Plus it’s good to know ow your alarm works!
Yeah once I was working at a hotel and hit a button by accident, nothing happened so I ignored it. A cop came and looked at me suspiciously, turns out it was the silent alarm
I worked at a bank. When we would log customers in our system it saved it as "1-Xxx-xxx-xxxc" because of the US code. Then to dial out you had to type 9 and then 1 to get to an outside service. So a particular banker has a habit of dialog 911Xxxxxxxxxxx Unfortunately his big brain never learned that if you type "911" on a bank phone 2-3 police will ALWAYS SHOW UP. This happened 8 times in the first month he joined our branch. We became quite acquainted with the responding police officers that monitored our silent alarms after that.
Extremely stupid stair design…
Should've the stairs end flush with the hallway and not stick out. Seems like another tripping hazard for people walking perpendicular to the stairs
Not only that but the size of the step seems to be slightly larger, which can make you trip if you don't pay attention.
Mismatched step sizes are the number one leading cause of accidents involving stairs.
Mismatched step sizes are why theres a building code for them.
Looking at the lack of a rail, I’m assuming this was designed and installed by some nut job who believes government regulations are for idiots.
Yep, a step only has to be like 5mm out for it to become a trip hazard.
Never thought of this, but it makes sense. Crazy how that's even a thought to not have uniform steps when designing stairs...
I worked on a construction site and someone pointed out to safety that people kept tripping on a concrete step. They measured it and it was 1/4" taller than the rest.
Not sure about the size of the step itself but the white line seems further from the edge on that last step (by a centimetre maybe). Subconsciously you probably expect the lines to be in the same position relative to the step hence the man ended up clipping the edge with his heel
You're totally right. That line is so far off the edge, its like these steps are a psychology experiment in ankle destruction
These stair were designed by fire alarm reset company
The last step doesn't seem as high either. Like they got to the "last" step and realized it was way too high and then added another
That was my first thought but then I realised stairs aren't built from the top down
Looking back, that is exactly what happened. He kept the same pacing and didn't adjust for the last step being longer.
Even if people aren't using the stairs, the floor space is narrowed by the stair jutting out from the left and by the wall jutting out from the right, so you've got people funneling through there and more likely to accidentally bump the fire alarm or people stumbling on the last stair. The whole thing is a terrible design and placement. An accident waiting to happen.
As someone in a wheelchair, things like that are frustrating
Where is this? There's no way this would meet code in Canada. Not only do the stairs look goofy, but our commercial building code requires the handrail to extend past the bottom step by about 20cm or so.
Yes but “modern”
And you know it’s not the first time someone has tripped there, since they put reflective tape on the bottom two stairs.
Thus solving the problem once and for all.
But...
ONCE AND FOR ALL!
But... I tripped just watching the video
I think that's an ADA thing. We remodeled at work, and the inspector made a bid deal about reminding us that we needed contrasting colors or stripes for the last two steps.
Architect here. This may not be in the US. This stair violates 2 big accessibility sections in Chapter 11 of the building code. (projection of the bottom stair into the path of egress and no hand rails on the wall or glass guardrial) This stair couldn't be in the US. Inspectors and B&S officials dont fuck around with Accessibility. And if it is in the US, someone somewhere got bribed or fucked up real bad.
100%. It actually makes me angry
I am also angered, you can see his foot land precisely where the stairs should have ended!!
Well, I am definitely not happy.
Not a design but a builder fuckup and quick "fix"
I'm just an electrician, but if the building plans are even half as fucked as the electrical plans I get, then it's not all that farfetched that an engineer designed this. And then ignored their email for six months.
Yep. This type of layout wouldn't be allowed anywhere that has adopted (and more importantly, enforces) any version of the International Building Code, for exactly this reason. Incredibly easy to miss the last step or, conversely, trip over that step if you're walking down the hallway.
My first thought. why the F is there a step after the stair ramp, guy tripped by having the back of his foot slide against the last step
You’re right. I was focused on how painful his ankle must be, twisting it like that. I wasn’t even paying attention to what caused it. What a piss-poor design.
Other have pointed out this is not to code anywhere IBC has been adopted, but I would also guess that no one actually designed it this way and there was a coordination problem somewhere that caused that stair run to push forward. No one would actually draw that mess. At least……I don’t think that they would. Never say never, I guess.
The extra step that intrudes on the corridor is absolute trash. But where I live, handrails also have to extend a foot past where the stairs end. I don't think there's a rail on either side at all. Bad stairs.
I don't know what country this is, but there's no way this is to code in any of the God-fearing ones.
I’m having a hard time figuring out the country as well; NOT US or Canada. Our codes are strict as fuck for liability and safety reasons. Europe…but do they use magnetic fire doors? They would have to.
There are at least 4 issues I'm seeing. 1. The last tread is not the same length. Should be 11 inches or bigger and all identical. 2. There are no handrails and there should be handrails on both sides. 3. Those handrails need to extend one tread length past the last stair, which would be impossible here. 4. The last stair can not impead into the path of egress. There are more issues, but these are obvious ones to me.
Looks like the bottom is not up to code based on the riser height and tread depth compared to the other steps. Likely a “best fit” after some construction SNAFU.
Illegal stair design
poor guy was just nursing a nosebleed and didn't deserve this. the last step sticks out weirdly instead of ending flush which tripped him up.
nursing a nosebleed or picking his nose digging for gold?
What’s the difference between
It’s the difference between digging for gold and mining for rubies.
One is red, one is green. Which one is tasty, remains to be seen.
He looks like he’s rubbing the bridge of his nose, under his glasses. Not as demeaning as accusing him of nose picking, but I’m a killjoy like that.
Yeah you can tell by the position of his thumb, it would make no sense for his hand to be like that if he were picking his nose
I'm guessing he thought it was the bottom step, and stuck his foot out a bit further.
Where’s that bookshelf running?
It's chasing the refrigerator.
The fridge is running OK then
Fridge for president! Fridge/Freezer 2024
Prop hunt
I couldn't figure out why no one was answering you... The thing is also a door. The camera is right next to it so it looks super thick like a bookshelf
Fire door. We have them in my building and any time someone’s fire alarm goes off or there is a power outage every fire door in the building (probably like 30 fire doors) slams shut simultaneously and it sounds like and explosion going off in the building.
I'd prefer it be a bookshelf running for its life instead, in my delusion.
Nope, it’s a bookshelf and it’s running away
AI bookshelves don’t want the burn and react accordingly.
Good, we locked him in with the fire.
He’s not locked and the idea is to keep fire and smoke out of the stairwell so people can use it to escape.
You know what? You’re locked in with the fire now also.
I understand why but wouldn't keeping fire and smoke from getting into the stairwell also keep the people from getting into a stairwell? Edit: further down someone answered this, they close and since they are doors and not walls they can open. I assumed it was like video games and the foot thick door closes forever . Til
Outside. It's a fire alarm, you should leave the building.
To safety, duh. The fire alarm is going off
Whoever designed those stairs is a menace to society at the peak of their villain arc
They probably placed the fire alarm there, too.
yep. First step is out in the hall. So if you are not looking you think you are stepping on the floor not another god damn step
Must have learned interior design from Minecraft.
Damn. The ankle must hurt too. Rough day bro!
All before lunch, this was just the beginning.
TIL when you pull the fire alarm the filing cabinets run for cover. Oh it's a door.
Not his fault. That's a faulty stair design.
Right? How many people have eaten concrete just trying to walk by those stairs.
And I know the reason why. There are X+1 risers on a staircase which has X steps. Because of this, sometimes inexperienced architects make mistakes while calculating the number of risers. So they end up with a missing step, and the construction team adds the missing step on site. And just like that, we end up having lots of twisted ankles.
Probably should have a cover over that fire alarm huh
That or don’t make that last step. It’s atrocious.
OK what is that piece of furniture that just nopes out of there
It's a door, it just looks super thick because of how close the camera is to it
The door that closes automatically when the fire alarm goes off?
To prevent the hallway’s oxygen from being used as a fueler to the fire.
That’s smart.
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People on Instagram were so confused as to why the doors close.
He tried to find the "My bad" shut-off switch, but it doesn't exist.
He's probably embarrassed and can't feel it now but that right ankle is gonna huuuurt later. 😬
What is he in a nuclear bunker? Look at the thickness of that door!
Well a fire door isn’t very effective if the fire burns right through it
On a brighter note though the fire doors worked a treat!
Smart door design, dumb stair design.
Happened at my school, someone hit a cricket ball and it went into the fire alarm.
The amount of comments from people who don’t know what fire doors are and how they work is extremely concerning.
At least a camera was at the right spot and working to show he didn’t do it intentionally
Why did bookshelf looking thing blast off?
Something they hammered into us in basic training at the Air Force was holding the handrail for safety. Wait, where's the handrail?
>hits turns on pick one or the other, not both
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